Road mishap in Bangladesh kills 17 people
Dhaka: At least 17 people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a passenger bus veered off the road and rolled into a large roadside pond in southwestern Bangladesh on Saturday. The accident took place in the Jhalakathi district when the bus carrying over 60 passengers was on its way to Barishal, southwestern divisional headquarters, from Bhandaria sub-district, police said. The vehicle fell into the pond after its driver lost control of the wheel. “The divers have rescued 17 bodies and a police crane is trying to retrieve the bus from the pond filled with water after heavy monsoon rains,” a police officer told reporters. Police sub-inspector Gautamm Kumar Ghose said the dead included eight women and three children. He feared more bodies could be found trapped inside the bus once the salvage campaign was completed.
Puerto Rico man found guilty of killing 8
San Juan: A man accused of killing eight people after opening fire at a bar rented by a rival drug trafficker in northern Puerto Rico was found guilty on Friday following a retrial. A federal jury also found Alexis Candelario Santana guilty of killing an unborn child and injuring 19 other people in the October 2009 mass shooting in which Candelario’s godson and cousin were killed. The US Attorney’s Office said that 17 different weapons were used in the shooting, with more than 330 shell casings found at the bar called La Tombola in Toa Baja.
3 killed in second deadly storm in Serbia
Belgrade: Three people died in Serbia during another deadly storm that ripped through the Balkans this week, local media said on Saturday. The storm on Friday first swept through Slovenia, moving on to Croatia and then Serbia and Bosnia, with gusts of wind and heavy rain. Authorities reported power distribution issues and extensive damage — including fallen trees — that destroyed cars and rooftops. On Wednesday, another storm killed six people in the region, four in Croatia, one in Slovenia and another in Bosnia. Meteorologists said the storms were of such powerful magnitude because they followed a string of extremely hot days. Experts say extreme weather conditions are likely fuelled by climate change.
Police probe racial discrimination in officer's death
Singapore: Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has asked the Singapore Police Force (SPF) to investigate claims made by an Indian-origin police officer who said he faced racial discrimination and bullying at the workplace, among other allegations just before he died. Uvaraja Gopal, 36, identified as a police officer, was found lying motionless at the foot of an apartment block in the Yishun housing estate and was transported to the hospital on Friday, where he died.